Chapter 69
Xia Zhongqin had not come to the Suzhou Metro project for a week because he had taken a week off for family reasons.
It has been almost a month since the Suzhou Metro project started. Xia Zhongqin and Li Tiantian have completed all the documents for the Suzhou Metro project's demand analysis phase, outline design phase, detailed solution design phase, actual system development phase, deployment and testing phase, and online trial operation phase.
Currently, all that remains are the documents for the preliminary acceptance stage, which Xia Zhongqin has scheduled for the end of the year.
When she arrived at the Sucheng Metro Project Team in the morning, Xia Zhongqin saw a breakfast on her workstation. Needless to say, she knew that Lian Yijian had asked Xia Kaiqun to bring it to her.
After receiving the WeChat message from Lian Yijian at 11 o'clock last night, Xia Zhongqin went to bed.
Before going out this morning, she received a WeChat message from Lian Yijian saying that he had prepared breakfast for her and took a photo of the breakfast and sent it to her.
The breakfast photo Lian Yijian sent her was exactly the same as the breakfast at her workstation: boiled eggs, freshly squeezed watermelon juice, and hand-pulled pancakes.
Xia Zhongqin arrived at the project team not too early this morning because her sandals came unglued on the way to the subway. She went back to change shoes and arrived at the Sucheng Metro Project Team at the checkpoint. Most of the project team members were already in the project team office.
Xia Zhongqin had just sat down at her workstation and hadn't even had time to take her computer out of her bag when Ji Xu, who was sitting at the workstation to her right, said, "Sister Qin, this freshly squeezed watermelon juice looks pretty good. If you want some, I'll bring it over."
Without waiting for Zhong Qin's response, Ji Xu stretched out his chubby little hand, ready to take the bottle of red and delicious watermelon juice.
Just when Ji Xu's hand was about to touch the wall of the bottle, the word "What are you doing" came from the workstation opposite the two of them, scaring Ji Xu so much that he quickly retracted his chubby hand.
"Ji Xu, I'm telling you, have you not eaten in eight hundred years or are you a starving ghost? This is what Xia Zhongqin's boyfriend prepared for her. You took the freshly squeezed orange juice once last time, but you're taking it again this time. You're making me lose face."
Xia Kaiqun's voice was much louder than usual, attracting the attention of other project team members around them.
Xia Kaiqun's words made Ji Xu's face flush red. He quickly explained, "Teacher Xia, I was just joking with Sister Qin. I didn't really take it, did I?"
Looking at Ji Xu's forced smile and the watching expressions of the other project team members around him, Xia Kaiqun felt so disappointed that he finally said nothing.
While Ji Xu and Xia Kaiqun were talking, Xia Zhongqin, who had already turned on his computer, saw that the conversation had ended and immediately replied to Ji Xu: "Sorry, I really enjoyed today's breakfast."
"Sister Qin, you're so thin and have such a small appetite, how can you possibly finish such a large breakfast?"
Xia Zhongqin was amused by Ji Xu's words. She thought that Lian Yijian should share some of the loving breakfast prepared for her with Ji Xu. She didn't want to pay attention to Ji Xu anymore, so she simply ate the hand-pulled pancake in front of Ji Xu, followed by the watermelon juice, and finally the boiled egg.
Looking at Xia Zhongqin finishing the three breakfasts one after another, Ji Xu didn't say another word.
But Xia Zhongqin was miserable after finishing her breakfast. She was just as Ji Xu said. She usually didn't eat much for breakfast. An egg and a glass of juice were enough. But she had no choice but to do it in front of Ji Xu. Next time, Ji Xu would still remember the breakfast that Lian Yijian prepared for her. So there wouldn't be a next time.
While Xia Zhongqin was having breakfast, Xia Kaiqun secretly recorded a 30-second video and then sent it to Lian Yijian.
Lian Yijian replied him with a "nice" expression.
Xia Zhongqin had just finished her breakfast when Li Tiantian brought her two exquisite matcha biscuits.
Ji Xu, who had originally calmed down, started to go crazy again when he saw the matcha cookies that Li Tiantian placed on the napkin at Xia Zhongqin's work station.
"Tiantian, you're too stingy. Every time you gave Sister Qin snacks, you gave them secretly behind our backs. Now that we finally get to honor Zhengming once, you're still so stingy."
Ji Xu was in a smooth-talking mode and was just joking. However, Li Tiantian, who had just started working and was already very thin-skinned, suddenly burst into tears after hearing his words.
Before Xia Zhongqin could react, she saw Zhang Langlang, who was sitting on her left and typing code, suddenly stood up from his work chair and took two big steps to Li Tiantian's side.
"Ji Xu, are you fucking sick? There are only two girls, Qin Jie and Tian Tian, in the entire project team of more than ten people. Besides Qin Jie, Tian Tian didn't give the snacks she brought to the rest of us. Why are you so fussy about it?"
Zhang Langlang, who has always given people the impression of being calm, introverted and having excellent development skills, suddenly had this incredible behavior, which instantly caused many people in the project team to change their original impression of him, including Xia Zhongqin and Xia Kaiqun.
After being inexplicably scolded by Zhang Langlang, Ji Xu was not a coward. He immediately retorted: "It's none of your business. Why are you so upset? Are you two related?"
Li Tiantian's crying wasn't too loud at first, but after Ji Xu said the last few words, she cried even harder.
Xia Zhongqin, who had reacted, stood up and walked to Li Tiantian's side. She gently held Li Tiantian's hand and comforted her, "Tiantian, don't listen to Ji Xu's nonsense. Don't you know Ji Xu's mouth?" Then she took a few tissues from her workstation and put them in Li Tiantian's hand.
With Xia Zhongqin's comfort, Li Tiantian's crying became obviously much quieter. When she was wiping the tears from her face with a tissue, the crisp and clear word "yes" suddenly fell into her ears, followed by the seven words "she is my girlfriend" fell into her ears again without missing a word.
Zhang Langlang's courage and responsibility really made Ji Xu back down.
Ji Xu looked at Zhang Langlang in shock. When did these two people, who never spoke to each other in the project team, become friends?
There was no surprise on Xia Zhongqin's face. One day after get off work, Li Tiantian and Zhang Langlang left the project team one after another. She also left the project team and went to Guangjinan Road subway station to take the subway.
As soon as he entered the station, Xia Zhongqin saw Li Tiantian and Zhang Langlang, who had already swiped their cards through the gate and were walking hand in hand towards the waiting hall to board the train.
Xia Zhongqin had never mentioned the scene at Guangjinan Road subway station to anyone, nor did she think of confirming it with Li Tiantian. Although she and Li Tiantian had a good relationship, she just kept it as a secret in her heart.
"Ji Xu, you're always so troublesome. I've told you countless times to mind your mouth and focus on your skills, but you won't listen. I'm going to say it one last time. If you keep acting like this, I won't be with you anymore."
This time, Xia Kaiqun did not criticize Ji Xu at length like he did before when Ji Xu did something irrelevant. It was obvious that he was extremely disappointed with him. His voice was not as loud as before, but it still scared Ji Xu.
"Teacher Xia, I really know I was wrong this time, and I won't make jokes or talk nonsense anymore." After saying that, Ji Xu started typing code, not daring to say another word.
Zhang Langlang gave Li Tiantian a look, and the two left the project office one after the other.
Xia Zhongqin also returned to his workstation and began to deal with what the PMO should do on Monday: checking the weekly project reports for the entire southern Jiangsu region.
After Zhang Langlang and Li Tiantian left the project team office, the project members who were watching the fun earlier also started to busy themselves with their own work.
Zhou Qing scheduled the project team's morning meeting at 9:30 in the morning.
Two minutes before the meeting started, Li Tiantian and Zhang Langlang walked into the project team office together.
Lian Yijian usually presides over the project morning meeting every Monday. This is Zhou Qing’s second time presiding over it.
Compared to the first time, Zhou Qing was obviously much more relaxed.
Zhou Qing only learned the basics of Lian Yijian's project morning meeting hosting style and barely completed the project morning meeting hosting.
After Zhang Langlang and Li Tiantian's relationship was made public in the morning, they no longer hid it in the project team. At lunch, Zhang Langlang went to eat Chongqing Chicken Pot with Xia Zhongqin and Li Tiantian.
The business at Chongqing Chicken Pot was still booming. When the three of them arrived at the store, there were no empty seats.
The three of them ordered their meals at the front desk and waited for a while before getting a seat.
Li Tiantian and Zhang Langlang sat together, and Xia Zhongqin sat opposite them.
On the way to Chongqing Chicken Pot, the three of them didn't talk much. As soon as they sat down, Zhang Langlang immediately stood up again and took out three iced Cokes from the freezer.
He placed one bottle in front of Xia Zhongqin, then opened the ring of another bottle and placed it in front of Li Tiantian. He then said, "Sister Qin, Tiantian and I are in a relationship. She didn't hide it from you on purpose. She told me several times that she wanted to tell you, but I always felt that since we were on the same project team, it wouldn't have a good impact, so I didn't let her tell you."
Zhang Langlang's expression was frank, and his voice was sincere. Seeing him like this, Xia Zhongqin, who had never taken the fact that they had deliberately concealed their relationship from her seriously, smiled and replied, "I understand. Whether to announce your relationship to the public or not is up to you and Tiantian. The most important thing is that you two are happy, and you don't need to worry about what others think."
As soon as Xia Zhongqin finished speaking, Li Tiantian, who had originally had a worried look on her face, immediately smiled. She picked up the drink and said, "Thank you for your understanding, Sister Qin. My Langlang and I would like to offer this to Sister Qin."
Xia Zhongqin immediately opened the drink in front of her. After confirming her relationship with Lian Yijian, he would open her drinks whenever she ate with him. This time he was not by her side, so she opened the drink herself. She was actually a little uncomfortable with it. It felt so good to be pampered by someone.
The three of them clinked their glasses together and each took a sip of Coke.
While waiting for the meal, Li Tiantian told Xia Zhongqin everything about her and Zhang Langlang's acquaintance and friendship.
It turns out that the two met and developed a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship during the Suzhou Metro project. Xia Zhongqin jokingly said, "It seems that the Suzhou Metro project is really a matchmaker."
After dinner, the three of them returned to the Sucheng Metro Project Team office. Not long after, Lian Yijian returned to the project team from the company, followed by a man with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks.
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